noun
- a device made of knotted strings of various colors that was used by the Incas for recording information
Usage: historical
Examples
- The museum displayed an ancient quipu used by Inca administrators.
- Archaeologists discovered a well-preserved quipu in the ruins.
- Each knot on the quipu represented different numerical values.
- The quipu served as both a recording system and communication tool.
- Scholars are still working to decode the complex quipu messages.
- The colorful strings of the quipu told stories of Inca civilization.